Photographic Community Involvement

The Photographic Art Society of Florida 2006

* • Launched the society in order to inspire, challenge and educate the members in the art of photography.
* • Runs meetings, maintains the web site, and teaches photography and Photoshop
* • Plans and hosts monthly teaching field trips
* • Members exhibit works in area galleries with rotating themes
* • Assists members with printing, framing, presentation and selection of images for exhibits.

Photography Clubs Day 2009-2013

Annual event held at various locations for Tampa Bay photography organizations, designed to gather area photographers in order to share ideas and inspire skills.

Professional Photography Service to Education Volunteer judge for Skills USA Regional Competition in 2009
Advisory committee member for the photography program at McFatter Vocational School from 1997-2000

Charities–

March of Dimes, Daily Bread Food Bank, Abilities Foundation, Boy Scouts of America, The American Cancer Society. Provided photographic services and coordinated other photographers for events for many years.

Annual FOTOFusion Photo Festival 1996- 2017

The Palm Beach Photographic Center – Volunteered on the AV team for world -renowned photographers for successful festivals since 1996.

* • Convention Assistant Manager – oversaw 14 committees
* • Chair of the Equipment committee, Chair of the Seminar committee and worked on various other committees
Education
1982 –Graduate of the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale; A.S. Degree in Photography
1997 – PPA Certified Professional Photographer Degree from the Professional Photographers of America Association.
Continuing Education – attending seminars, conventions and webinars, including The PPA National Conventions; WPPI National Conventions; Photoshop World; FPP State Conventions

Awards and Honors

Florida Professional Photographers Association: The Florida Service Award Degree; Outstanding Service Award (1997 & 2000); The Magazine Editors Award (1999 & 2000), Honor prints in the 1998 and 2001 competitions; the first Theresa Saylor Award, 2001.
The Professional Photographers Guild of Florida: The Presidents Award (1996 & 1999); Top 10 Photographer (1997 & 2000); Editorial Contributions (1996-1998, 2003). The Outstanding Service Award for the guild was re-named The Jim Swallow Award in 2003
Asked to judge photography club competitions throughout Florida for the past 25 years, including service as a juror for the Boyd Hill Photography Contest in 2008.

Copyright

All images on this site are copyrighted by Jim Swallow. No permission is granted to reproduce any image without written permission.

Purchase

All Images are available for Purchase
All images on the site are for sale. Many can be printed in any size your decor requires. I have 2 large format printers that can print up to 44x 108inches. I print on Canvas, Watercolor Paper and standard Luster paper. Please call me and we can discuss your needs.